2000 Mercedes Benz 202

Recalls

1 recall names the 2000 Mercedes Benz 202. Newest first.

• Exterior lighting › Headlights

  May 11, 2009NHTSA 09E02500042,540 vehiclesEquipment

  Dope, inc. IS recalling 42,540 combination corner and bumper lamp assemblies of various part numbers sold for use as aftermarket equipment for various passenger vehicles. these headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment." these lamps do not contain…

  Risk and remedy

  Risk

  Decreased lighting visibility may result in a vehicle crash.

  Remedy

  Dope, inc. Will notify owners and offer a full refund for the noncompliant combination lamps. the safety recall began on july 28, 2009. owners may contact dope, inc. At 1-626-272-1798.

  Full recall details →

Owner complaints

Latest complaints

• Aug 21, 2001NY
  Structure › Body › Bumpers
  The front bumber IS too low. When you pull into a parking space with a wheel stanchion the bumber rides over the stanchion and upon backing out the bumber does not ride back over the stanchion but rather cracks. this occurs on stanchions as low as two or three inches and IS virtually unavoidable…

  The front bumber IS too low. When you pull into a parking space with a wheel stanchion the bumber rides over the stanchion and upon backing out the bumber does not ride back over the stanchion but rather cracks. this occurs on stanchions as low as two or three inches and IS virtually unavoidable since if you do not ride over some stanchions the rear of the cr sticks too far out of the parking space posing a safety hazard.*ak

Defect investigations

NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.

• Engine crankshaft pulley failure

  PE03058Opened Dec 17, 2003Closed Apr 22, 2004
  The office of defects investigation (odi) opened this preliminary evaluation to investigate allegations of engine crankshaft pulley harmonic balancer failure that could result in loss of power-steering assist.odi has received a total of 546 non-duplicative reports that allege engine crankshaft pulley harmonic balancer…

  The office of defects investigation (odi) opened this preliminary evaluation to investigate allegations of engine crankshaft pulley harmonic balancer failure that could result in loss of power-steering assist.odi has received a total of 546 non-duplicative reports that allege engine crankshaft pulley harmonic balancer failure on all mercedes-benz vehicles using the subject component.the subject component failures are progressive in nature and only a small percentage of the complaints and warrant claims involved a failure that had progressed far enough to effect power steering performance (6 of 55 odi complaints reference increased steering effort).there have been no crashes or injuries related to the alleged defect.a safety-related defect has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.accordingly, this investigation IS closed.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by nhtsa that a safety-related defect does not exist.the agency will take further action if warranted by the circumstances.see summary report attached for further detail.

Service bulletins

Technical service bulletins and other communications the manufacturer sent dealers about this vehicle. Ask a dealer for the full document by its number.

• 10019990Flow noises from area of power steering pump and/or foaming of power steering oil in reservoir.
• 621566Subject regarding improved touch-shifters (electronic selector modules) which are more resistant to fluid contamination are available for certain models.
• 619604Brief information regarding touch shifters (esm - electronic selector modules) on model year 2000 - 2001 models.

Every Mercedes Benz 202 model year

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